Month: June 2016

A minor earthquake was felt Wednesday afternoon across several Lebanese regions, mainly Mount Lebanon and Beirut. The state-run Bhannes National Center for Geophysical Research said the epicenter of the quake was the Chouf-Deir al-Qamar area in Mount Lebanon and that it measured 4.0 on the […]

Baalbek (AFP) Nach einer Serie von Selbstmordanschlägen im Osten Libanons haben Soldaten mehrere Flüchtlingslager durchsucht. Der libanesische Innenminister Nuhad al-Maschnuk sagte indes am Dienstag, die Angreifer seien vermutlich aus Syrien ins Land gekommen und stammten nicht aus den Flüchtlingslagern im Libanon. In dem mehrheitlich christlichen […]

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lifted restrictions on travel to Turkey after mending ties with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seven months after Ankara downed a Russian jet, triggering a raft of sanctions. Following his first call with Erdogan since the incident, Putin announced […]